WoRMS name details
Liocarcinus arcuatus (Leach, 1814)
146912 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146912)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Portunus arcuatus Leach, 1814) Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details] 
Distribution Common
Distribution Common [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Liocarcinus arcuatus (Leach, 1814). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146912 on 2026-05-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Portunus arcuatus Leach, 1814) Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details]
basis of record Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands, 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands, 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Common [details]Synonymy Originally described as Portunus arcuatus Leach, 1814 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | gewimperde zwemkrab | [details] |
| English | arch-fronted swimming crab | [details] |
| French | etrille arquée | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (22 records)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (22 records)
From editor or global species database
